Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

"Isaragata mit seinen vier Frauen / Isalagata mit seinen vier Frauen" ("Isaragata with his four wives / Isalagata with his four wifes"). The picture shows eleven Africans. Isaragata/Isalagata is probably …

"Hova Malagasy Bride and Bridegroom". Outdoor portrait of couple wearing Western style dress. Anonymous print pasted on to numbered board, used by the London Missionary Society as visual resources for …

After the service organized by the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society), in an Esitwa village, in Gabon.

Group portrait of four African young men posing in a row in front of a large and very low built hut with a flat thatched roof, maybe a Wagogo hut. …

RUNGU. - Entree de la Mission." ("RUNGU. - Entry of the Mission.") Eighteen indigenous men and women stand on a path in front of a large building with a dome …

"Graskop. Femme sonati dans un compound" ("Graskop. Sonati woman in a compound") Photograph of African women in a compound in Graskop. On the right, African men. Photographie de femmes africaines …

"Sakalava (med sine våben og tryllemidler)" ("Sakalava (with their weapons and magical remedies)").Warriors with their rifles, spears, and magical remedies. The Sakalava can be found all along the West coast …

"Travaux manuels, M. Borel" ("Handicraft, Mr Borel"). Photograph of Arnold Borel and a group of African men sitting/standing on a stack of wood in Ricatla. On the right, an African …

"Tischlerwerkstatt, Sikonge (?)" ("Carpenter's workshop, Sikonge (?)"). The workshop on a patio. An African man is working at a workbench he is sawing wood. In the background another African man …

"Makoulane [Makulane]. Païens attifés" ("Makoulane [Makulane]. Pagans in full-dress"). Photograph of a group of african boys. They wear traditional clothes and carry spearthrowers and spears. Photographie d'un groupe de jeunes …